SmogRank / Lüneburg / Munich

Lüneburg vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 11% more polluted than Lüneburg's: PM2.5 averaged 10.2 µg/m³ against 9.2, on the 310 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 210 of those days, Lüneburg on 99. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 46 of them, Lüneburg on 40.

Right now

Lüneburg#366on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 56 US AQI (12.0 µg/m³)
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Lüneburg
Munich
Each city's daily mean from 6 Oct 2025 to 5 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

15Lüneburg, Nov 2025: 8.1 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Nov 2025Lüneburg, Dec: 9.6 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³DecLüneburg, Jan 2026: 18.8 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.2 µg/m³Jan 2026Lüneburg, Feb: 17.2 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebLüneburg, Mar: 11.8 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarLüneburg, Apr: 7.8 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.6 µg/m³AprLüneburg, May: 5.7 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.7 µg/m³MayLüneburg, Jun: 7.2 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³JunLüneburg, Jul: 5.9 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulLüneburg, Aug: 5.6 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³AugLüneburg, Sep: 5.6 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.6 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Lüneburg. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearLüneburgMunichDays both measuredDays Lüneburg was worse
2026 so far525423369
2025475331394

Means in US AQI over the days both cities were measured that year; a year shows once they share 30 such days.

Each city's worst days

Lüneburg

Munich

Daily means in US AQI, over the days both cities were measured in the last year. Each date opens that day's world board.

Compare either city with another

Lüneburg

Side by side with Lauenburg, Gujranwala.

Munich

Side by side with Herrsching am Ammersee, Augsburg, Gujranwala.

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Lüneburg and Munich, 8 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-lueneburg/de-munich (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-06 20:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.